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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1979-09-06

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1979-09-06, page 01

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JIIrOINICLE
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VOL.57 N0.3G
SEPTEMBER 6,1979-ELUL 14
LIBRARY, OHIO "HISTORICAL SOCt&Tf
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Return Of Fields
May Be Postponed
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AVIV (JTA)-Israel
may have to consider postponing the return to Egypt of
the Alma oil "fields' in the
Suez Gulf unless an Egyptian-Israeli accord is"
reached on the amounts and
\, ices of the oil Egypt would
.sell Israel after the oil fields
are returned, Energyjnd Infrastructure Minister Yitzhak Modai said recently.
He issued the warning* at
Ben Gurion Airport on his return from a meeting with his
Egyptian counterpart at Abu
Rodeis. Modai said the gap
between the two countries on
oil quantities and prices is so
great as to perhaps force Is-
real to considers delay .'adding that- this problem, will
have to be considered by the
Israel government. He expressed hope that the issue
will be settled next week during the-meeting .between
Premier Menachem' Begin
and President Anwar Sadat
in Haifa.
' Israel wants an agreement
for Egypt to sell Israel two
million tons of oil annually,
about 4he quantity produced
, by the field discovered arid
developed by the^Israelis in
south Sinai on the Suez Gulf.
Bi|t, he said, the Egyptians
are willing to sell Israel only
1.5 million tons a year—
40,000 barrels a day—as a
special preference to Israel,
and would require Israel to
participate in international
bidding for more oil. Modai
said that apart from the dispute over quantity, Egypt
demands the highest international spot market price,
about $32 a barrel.
Olim, Yordim
Reach Balance
By Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM (JTA)-For
the first time in many years,
the number of returning Israelis exceeded that of Israelis leaving the cquntry,
Absorption. Minister David .
Levy said at a press conference here last week-
Levy said that balance
was reached last year when
22,900' Israelis returned to
the country, in comparison
to about 10,000 who left the
country in the same, period.
He said 6,662 came back as
part of a special program
launched by the Ministry of
Absorption on the occasion
of Israel's'30th anniversary,
with the assistance of-aliya'
and absorption institutions.
The others came back on
their own.
The plan to encourage Is- ■
raelis to-return home£egari
in January 1978 and is scheduled to end at the end of this
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Federation To Honor Mandelkorn
Diane Cummins and Marilyn Skilken
UJFC Women's Division
Chairwomen Announced
Mrs. Millard (Diane)
.Cummins and Mrs. B. Lee
-(Marilyn) Skilken have been
named Chairwoman, and Co-
Chairwoman, . respectively,
of the Women's Division of
the 1980 United Jewish Fund
Campaign^ General Campaign Chairman Jack L.
Wallick has announced.
"Both Diane and lWarilyn
are extremely well-qualified
for these leadership positions,", Mr. Wallick* said.
"We're anticipating great
results from this Division."^
Mrs. Cummins began her
association with the Federa- •
tion in the Young Matron's
Division,^*ei;ying,..in--many-
- capacities,,- including " Co-
Chairwoman. She has been
' active since 1959 in the Women's Division, serving as
Advance Gifts Chairwoman
from 1974-1978. In addition,
,she founded the CHAI
Group, on Israel's 18th anni-
American Friends of Haifa
University.
A graduate of Kingswood-
Cranbrook Preparatory
School in Bloomfield Hills,
.Mich:, she attended
Chatham College in Pittsburgh for two years before
■transferring as a married
student to Ohio State University. Mrs. Cummins graduated with honors in 1959 with
a degree in special education, and is a licensed speech
pathologist in Ohio as well as
nationally.
Presently, as a speech
pathologist at Ohio State she
belongs to severaL-profes-
-siongl organization^, such as
The major focus of the
53rd Annual Meeting of the
Columbus Jewish Federation will be a testimonial to
Ben M. Mandelkorn who is
retiring as Executive Vice-
President after 23 years of
service. The kosher dinner
meeting will be held on Sunday evening, Sept. 16 at 6
p.m. at Temple Israel. Sidney Blatt, a past president of
the Federation, is serving as
Chairman of the evening.
Trying Bernstein, executive
Vice-Chairman of the' United
Jewish Appeal, will be the
keynote speaker.
Mr. Mandelkorn came to
the Federation as Executive
Director in 1956, having pre-
• viously served in two other
Ben M. Mamlelkom
Jewish communities. In
Dallas, Texas. Mr. Mandelkorn was Director ol 'the
Jewish Family Service, and
in Detroit, he served 'as a
stall associate for 9 vears
Barkan Appointed Cehter
Tribute Chairman
Irving Barkan has been
appointed Chairman of the
Tribute Committee for The
New Jewish Center, which
will be developing and coordinating designated donations to the New Building.
In announcing Mr.
Barkan's appointment, Cap
ital Campaign Chairman,
a^W^a^VtS^'^^"9^ explained that
Association, the American
speech and Hearing Association, the Central Ohio Speech
and Hearing'Board, and the
International' Association of
Logopedics and Phonia tries.
Mrs. Cummins and her
versary. This new group -husband, Millard, the 1973
composed of $1,800 and over and 1974 United Jewish Fund
contributors,. represented a
new concept in Women's Division giving. Since then, she
has also initiated two additional new groups: the $2,500
and over, and the recently
organized $6,000 and over
group.
' Mrs. Cummins has been
actively involved with the
Jewish Family Service and
with Heritage House. In
addition, Mrs.. Cummins is a
life member of ORT, having
helped found the Columbus
Chapter; of the Council of
Jewish Women; and of B'nai
Campaign General Chairman and President of Thurman Scale, Flow-a-Matic
Corporation, have three children. They are Marc, 19,
Philip, 15, and Cynthia, 11.
Mrs, Skilken also started
her association with the Federation in the Young -Matron's Division, serving in
many capacities and finally
as Chairwoman. She was a
worker and cabinet member
of the Women's Division be-'
fore being named Co-Chairwoman this year.
She is a member of the Is-
B'rith Women. She is a life ..rael Committee .ot the Jew-
member of-Hadassah, and is
on the Brandeis University
Women's Board.
Mrs. Cummins serves on
the boards of hiany local organizations, among them the
Columbus Gallery of Fine
Arts, Ballet Metropolitan,
Women's'Service Board of
Children's and Grant Hospitals, the Women's Board.of
the Boy Scouts of America,
Miss Wheelchair America,
Junior Theater of the Arts,
and Buckeye Boys.' Ranch
Women's Board. She is a
member of CAPA Collegues,
and serves on the Sisterhood
Board of Temple Israel.
On the national level, she.
is a board member of the
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the honorarial and memorial
plan associated with - The
New Center can play a
major role in the fundraising,
process. A wide range of opportunities, appealing to all
levels of commitment, are.
available to individuals,
families and businesses.
Mr. Barkan, a local attorney, is a member of the Center's Board of Trustees and
served as vice-president in
1971-72. In addition, he is
active in the Columbus Jewish Federation as a board
member, committee chairman and Advance Gift Divi-,
sion worker.
According to Mr. Barkan,
"honorarials and memorials
are sincere expressions of
respect and esteem which
can perpetuate the honor of a
family name, the good works
of an individual, or the memory of a loved one. They will
serve through the years as
an inspiration to future generations."
In other New Building developments, a special professionally-produced multimedia presentation explaining The Jewish Center, its
philosopy. activities and
needs for a New Building has'
been prepared. Robert
Tenenbaum, ' Chairman' 7 of
the Publicity Committee for
a New Center,-reports that
this presentation is now
available for showings to all
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with the Detroit Jewish Federation.
During his 23 vears ol service to the Columbus Jewish
Federation. Mr. Mandelkorn
has played a major role in
the phenomenal growth ol
Ihe Jewish community. The
achievement of the United
Jewish Fund Campaign in
1956 was approximately
$650,000. With Mr. MandeJ-
korn's protessional leadership, the campaign is new
achieving over $3,000,000 annually. Three emergency
campaigns for Israel were
conducted during the
Mandelkorn administration,
the 1956 Campaign during
the Sinai Campaign, the 1967
Emergency Campaign! and
the 1973 Yom Kippur War
Campaign. All three campaigns quickly generated
emergency dollars lor Israel. *!
During the past 23 years,
the community has .witnessed the growth ol the
Jewish community complex
on College Ave. Much of this
.. growth is tlue to the professional guidance and leadership of Mr. Mandelkorn. In
1960. the Heritage House was
erected: "in 1969. the Melton ,
Building was constructed: in
1978 the Heritage Tower was
built; and presently the Jewish Cenler -fe' planning its
new facility.
The Federation has been
involved in the planning ol
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Dayan Defends Meeting
Beth Tikvah To Break Ground;
Initiates Fundraising Venture
Sunday, Sept.'9 is a long-
awaited day for the members of Congregation Beth
Tikvah. At 3:30 p.m. on this,
day, ground will be broken
' for their new building, to be
•located at 6121 Olentangy
RiverRd.
The designers of the new
-synagogue are Acock and
White Architectural Firth
Many members have
helped make this project become a reality, particularly
Judith Nestel, chairperson of
the architectural design
committee, Robert Mayer,
present temple president
and Jeff Folkerth, chairman -
of the'long-range planning
committee.
- Beth Tikvah is also announcing their newest venture in fundraising, the 50-50
.Club, Members enroll for*~
$25, and will be-eligible to -
win $50, Only 200 tickets will
be sold. Interested persons'
should-fill out the coupop in
today's Chronicle.-
By David Landau
JERUSALEM <JTA>-
Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan said that he will continue to meet periodically
with West Bank and Gaza
Strip Palestinians of various
political persuasions despite
criticism of his meeting last
Thursday with an outspoken
supporter of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Explaining his 90-minute
meeting with Dr. Haider Ab-
dul-shafi, chairman of the
Gaza Red Crescent Society,
Dayan said their conversation helped him to better understand the views held by
Palestinian leaders in the
administered territories. "I
learned a lot I didn't know
before," the Foreign Min-.
ister told reporters. It is pot
enough for "Jews to talk to
each other, over'cups of tea.
about what the Palestinians
are thinking," Dayan observed.
Nevertheless, -Dayan was
careful to distinguish between talking and negotiating. He had not met with
Abdul-Shafi A to negotiate
about the autonomy or about
the normalization. .Rather,
-they Had had a general exchange of vtews on how
Abdul-Shafi sees a future of
coexistence between Israelis
and Palestinians. Dayan explained.
The doctor, for his part,
described the conversation
as "academic and theoretical. Dayan is fond of ex-.
ploring—even in a situation
' where there is no point to explore," he told a reporter after the meeting. Abdul-Shafi
said he had told the Foreign
Minister that he wanted a
Palestinian state comprising
the West Bank and Gaza
-Strip and not initially linked
to Jordan. He favored open
borders"between that state
and Israel—once an agree-
- ment was reached with the
PLO.
The news of Dayan's meeting "with the Gaza leader
evoked mixed reactions in
the political community.
Several ministers seemed to -
.have known in advance of
the meeting and appeared to
have approved-it. But others
had reservations.
" Most outspoken was the
chairman of the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee. Moshe Arens of,
Herut. who accused Dayan •
of "shooting from the hip
' again—and' in the1 wrong direction." Arens deplored
■ Daman's ' action, taken:' '< he
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VOL.57 N0.3G
SEPTEMBER 6,1979-ELUL 14
LIBRARY, OHIO "HISTORICAL SOCt&Tf
-1.982 VELMA AVE. .
OOLS. 0, 43211 -
Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan said that he will continue to meet periodically
with West Bank and Gaza
Strip Palestinians of various
political persuasions despite
criticism of his meeting last
Thursday with an outspoken
supporter of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Explaining his 90-minute
meeting with Dr. Haider Ab-
dul-shafi, chairman of the
Gaza Red Crescent Society,
Dayan said their conversation helped him to better understand the views held by
Palestinian leaders in the
administered territories. "I
learned a lot I didn't know
before," the Foreign Min-.
ister told reporters. It is pot
enough for "Jews to talk to
each other, over'cups of tea.
about what the Palestinians
are thinking," Dayan observed.
Nevertheless, -Dayan was
careful to distinguish between talking and negotiating. He had not met with
Abdul-Shafi A to negotiate
about the autonomy or about
the normalization. .Rather,
-they Had had a general exchange of vtews on how
Abdul-Shafi sees a future of
coexistence between Israelis
and Palestinians. Dayan explained.
The doctor, for his part,
described the conversation
as "academic and theoretical. Dayan is fond of ex-.
ploring—even in a situation
' where there is no point to explore," he told a reporter after the meeting. Abdul-Shafi
said he had told the Foreign
Minister that he wanted a
Palestinian state comprising
the West Bank and Gaza
-Strip and not initially linked
to Jordan. He favored open
borders"between that state
and Israel—once an agree-
- ment was reached with the
PLO.
The news of Dayan's meeting "with the Gaza leader
evoked mixed reactions in
the political community.
Several ministers seemed to -
.have known in advance of
the meeting and appeared to
have approved-it. But others
had reservations.
" Most outspoken was the
chairman of the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee. Moshe Arens of,
Herut. who accused Dayan •
of "shooting from the hip
' again—and' in the1 wrong direction." Arens deplored
■ Daman's ' action, taken:' '< he
(CONTINUED ON PAG^ 6)
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